I would like to start a blog about Reptiles, but want to know what everyone wants to read.?

Question

I would like to start a blog about reptiles, but would like to know what everyone wants to read. I want to put Reptiles in the News, also interesting facts about reptiles, maybe even interview local vets and shop owners on their views of reptile keeping. What do you want to see?

Answer 1

I think that would be great!

Try and put interesting facts about as many reptiles as you can, Reptiles in the News is a good idea. The vet idea would also be interesting to read.

I personally like to read logs, like what people do with their reptiles. Something where they put what their reptiles did, what you did with them, what they ate, and all of that stuff. Some may not care, but I actually enjoy it, so it wouldn't hurt to have it on there.

Product reviews would be nice as well.

If you do create it, I'd love to have a link. You can send it to [e-mail] or send and IM to CatxBreath.

Good luck!

Answer 2

funny and unbelivable facts. Try blogger.com. You can modify everything! It is unbelivable! But u can only use it if u have a gmail account. Have a "featured" reptile each week. Ones we have never heard about. I am telling u it will be fun!

Answer 3

Write about what you are interested in and evolve it from there.  You can't know what people want until you've experimented a little. Maybe your expertise is in iguanas or turtles, or maybe you know more about "how to choose the herp that's right for you".  Offering medical advise is a little dangerous, but if you know your stuff, go for it.

Rule One about attracting people to your blog is having good articles. If your content sucks, all the hard work in the world on design and SEO will be worthless.

Offer to do article-sharing with other upstart blogs where you post their content in exchange for your content and trade links. This will help you both rise in google rankings.

Going to other related blogs and participating (without spamming!) is another way to get noticed. It will not help with your google rankings because most blogs block trackbacks of links found in the body or signature lines, but it will help you get as much traffic as can see your link.

Put the blog and a short description of it in the signature line of every web forum you frequent and actively participate in that forum. The more closely related to your topic the forum is, the better.

Ask friends with StumbleUpon and Digg to give you good ratings, and get a PMOG account. PMOG is a cross between StumbleUpon and an RPG, and you can put portals and quests from sites that have similar topics to yours leading to your site or specific articles from your site.

Ask contributors of larger blogs and websites to write content on your blog. This is a tough thing to do, but

Use cross-site media in your content. Instead of only writing everything, try an audio podcast of your stuff. Perhaps you read a question and answer it out loud based on what you wrote. Make interesting youtube videos that people will want to watch. Subscribers there are just as good as visitors to your blog.

Work on your Search Engine Optimization with google analytics (it is your friend!), make a good sitemap (learn that word, google that word) so google will crawl your content efficiently and make sure your blog sends out pings so blog crawlers will know when it's been updated.

Always evolve. If you notice in your analytic reports have patrons flocking to a particular topic, do more with that topic. Go where the money is, so to speak. You don't have to sell out, but you do have to find your niche. Keep it if it is to your advantage and throw it away if it is your limitation.

See what the other blogs are doing and emulate them.

Do not have a linkfarm page. Do not listen to SEO sites who sound like they're suggesting anything resembling a linkfarm. Do not do link trading unless it's accompanied with content trading. Do not spam places on the internet with useless posts like "That's very interesting. LINK TO THE BLOG"

Once you get traffic, try putting in a window of non-obtrusive google ads and then you might even get paid for your time. Do not do this until you have the traffic to warrant it, because otherwise it comes off as annoying and amateurish.

Answer 4

Well, for me, things that would be helpful about my pets (turtles).  Like, How long does it take for turtle eggs to hatch.

Another thing, in your interesting facts, you can put things like "The largest snake, the most amazing lizard," things like that.

Answer 5

ball pythons

corn snakes

dang turtles for the women

lizards

red tail boa

retics

burmese

other

Answer 6

You could add in articles and links related to terrarium/habitat design for pet reptiles.

Answer 7

A intresting story on how turtles and tortoises  can be trained, To go in circles, play dead, ring a bell etc.

Email me the link, [e-mail]